or android is a good solution? can i run chrome on it? is it a
"safe" distro?

I don't know for sure, but since Chrome and Android are products
of Google,
it would really be surprising if Chrome wouldn't run. Also, since
Android is
an offshoot of Linux, which is pretty safe, and besides, is very
new, it's
likely that not much in the way of nasties is around as yet.

Live and learn. I've been reading the Linux propaganda for so long, I
believe it. It says that there are virtually no viruses written for Linux.
(Not that there are absolutely none.) And, of course, it's true that
cell phones will have a much larger base than Linux does, so as to
attract more baddies. Just like Windows.

--doug

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